Dec-17-21 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021
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| kereru: The "most accurate" games are by definition also the most boring games. They usually involve book lines, (like Mikhalchishin vs Dorfman, 1984 ), or else a high degree of opening prep and/or simplified positions where it's almost impossible to make a mistake, as in the present case. ... |
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Dec-06-21 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 
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| kereru: 10...Kf8 hardly looks like a winning attempt, it is simply inferior. |
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Dec-03-21 Timman vs Westerinen, 1977
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| kereru: Yeah 34.Ne6 draws if you're a computer. Most of us aren't. |
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Nov-17-21 Tal vs Lautier, 1992
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| kereru: Tal was much better at endgames and technical stuff than he's usually given credit for. |
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Oct-14-21 Kaplan vs V Soultanbeieff, 1930
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| kereru: 5.Nxb5 is bad. I'm surprised this trap isn't better known. |
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Sep-29-21 NN vs Greco, 1620
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| kereru: There are no "real Grecos", they're all probably composed games. |
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Sep-21-21 Miguel Farre Mallofre
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| kereru: His death slipped under my radar... the bio is not accurate, his career wasn't "cut short", he made a conscious decision to concentrate on his career as a pianist and music professor. He still played for his club after giving up his international chess career. |
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Sep-11-21 Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852
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| kereru: @Phony Benoni This is a very late reply to your question, but going back to the original source (Deutsche Schachzeitung, Sep & Oct 1852) the moves were not given, it simply said "White mates in 4" after 20...Nxe7. See pages 338 & 383. So it's quite likely Anderssen did simply ... |
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Jul-31-21 Portisch vs Fischer, 1966
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| kereru: The people who told you two rooks are slightly better than a queen? They were wrong. |
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Jul-23-21 Chandler vs M Basman, 1985
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| kereru: 39....Ne2+?? 40.Kh2??
Must have been blitzing. |
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